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Foram Facts An Introduction to Foraminifera

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 July 2017

Karen Wetmore
Karen Wetmore*
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University of California Museum of Paleontology Berkeley, Ca 94720-4780
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Foraminifera (forams for short) are single-celled organisms (protists) with shells or tests (a technical term for internal shells). They are abundant as fossils for the last 540 million years. The shells are commonly divided into chambers that are added during growth, though the simplest forms are open tubes or hollow spheres. Depending on the species, the shell may be made of organic compounds, sand grains or other particles cemented together, or crystalline CaCO3 (calcite or aragonite).

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Research Article
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The Paleontological Society Papers , Volume 2: Learning from the Fossil Record , October 1996 , pp. 227 - 230
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Copyright © 1996 by The Paleontological Society 

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